Gill, Anthony James.

Rendering unto Caesar the Catholic Church and the state in Latin America / [electronic resource] : Anthony Gill. - University of Chicago Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (xiii, 269 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-258) and index.

Caesar and the Church -- A Brief History of Church-State Relations in Latin America -- An Economic Model of Church-State Relations -- Luther's Shadow: Protestant Competition and the Catholic Response -- Chile: A Preferential Option for the Poor -- Argentina: Complicity with the Devil -- The Institutional Limits of Catholic Progressivism -- Postscript -- Appendix: Rationality and Religion.

Nowhere has the relationship between state and church been more volatile in recent decades than in Latin America. Anthony Gill's controversial book not only explains why Catholic leaders in some countries came to oppose dictatorial rule but, equally important, why many did not.

0226294056 (electronic bk.) 9780226294056 (electronic bk.)


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